Good Kill

2014

US

1h 42min

15

Directed by: Andrew Niccol

Cast: Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoë Kravitz

UK release: 10 April 2015

USAF Major Tom Egan (Hawke) is a former fighter pilot turned Vegas-based drone controller, beginning to unravel from the brutality of his daily routine. Hawke is on fine form and the always-thoughtful Niccol grapples with the complexities, but an overwhelmingly melodramatic final act plays like it was written by a committee of studio screenwriters.

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With its hot topic and scorching cast, Good Kill should be better than it is. The writer-director is the thoughtful Andrew Niccol, the screenwriter of The Truman Show who previously penned and directed Gattaca and Lord of War, both featuring Ethan…